Right, so after taking my phone in to 2degrees they adjusted some settings but it still drops calls all the time (2 a day) and sometimes after dropping a call I cant even use the phone for a couple of mins as there is no network signal, this happens anywhere and everywhere.Ill be getting it sent to samsung for diagnosis, which if they don't find a fault I may well rejet the phone under the consumer guarantees act, as a phone that doesnt phone is useless to me.

This is really disappointing because apart from the signal issue its a great phone.Any other advice before I take the hard road out?

Thanks

Are you sure that happnes anywhere and everywhere? It looks like a hardware issue. I think you should visit 2degree outlet with your s6, show the issues and get advise from them.

I had similar issues before, but only inside of my house. In the end I had to install a mobile signal repeater/booster in my house. Without the repeater, my S6 get 1 or 2 bar less signal than my wife's Note 3. Something wrong with my s6? (Or with my house?) I am not sure, but I am now happy with my s6.

Yeah, happens randomly, on Queen Street in town once, driving through Mt Wellington, at my home a lot.Sometimes once it drops a call I cant call back for a few mins.Im just waiting for a loan phone to become available at 2Degrees then its going in to Samsung, but if they cant replicate the fault as its intermittent where does that leave me?I don't want any other smartphone out either, the S6 is awesome, but failing to be a phone is pretty critical when its running my business.Do the S6 edge or note have the same issues around signals?

Also, just as a note, did you install a $1000 piece of equipment in your home to get your $1000 phone to work where all other phones work fine?Does that not seem like madness?

Right, so after taking my phone in to 2degrees they adjusted some settings but it still drops calls all the time (2 a day) and sometimes after dropping a call I cant even use the phone for a couple of mins as there is no network signal, this happens anywhere and everywhere.Ill be getting it sent to samsung for diagnosis, which if they don't find a fault I may well rejet the phone under the consumer guarantees act, as a phone that doesnt phone is useless to me.

This is really disappointing because apart from the signal issue its a great phone.Any other advice before I take the hard road out?

Thanks

Are you sure that happnes anywhere and everywhere? It looks like a hardware issue. I think you should visit 2degree outlet with your s6, show the issues and get advise from them.

I had similar issues before, but only inside of my house. In the end I had to install a mobile signal repeater/booster in my house. Without the repeater, my S6 get 1 or 2 bar less signal than my wife's Note 3. Something wrong with my s6? (Or with my house?) I am not sure, but I am now happy with my s6.

Yeah, happens randomly, on Queen Street in town once, driving through Mt Wellington, at my home a lot.Sometimes once it drops a call I cant call back for a few mins.Im just waiting for a loan phone to become available at 2Degrees then its going in to Samsung, but if they cant replicate the fault as its intermittent where does that leave me?I don't want any other smartphone out either, the S6 is awesome, but failing to be a phone is pretty critical when its running my business.Do the S6 edge or note have the same issues around signals?

Also, just as a note, did you install a $1000 piece of equipment in your home to get your $1000 phone to work where all other phones work fine?Does that not seem like madness?

When I suspected this might be weak signal reception issue, I ordered one from Ebay which cost me less than $100. I received it, but hold installing until Samsung's response. When my s6 was returned from Samsung NZ, I asked a TV antenna guy to install it. Total cost was about $150.00. I was never going to install that $1,000 equipment.

If you interested in buying one from Ebay, research a bit like the mobile frequencies of your main area and mobile towers in your area. Mine is 850mhz, so ordered this:http://www.ebay.com/itm/151763492275?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

When I suspected this might be weak signal reception issue, I ordered one from Ebay which cost me less than $100. I received it, but hold installing until Samsung's response. When my s6 was returned from Samsung NZ, I asked a TV antenna guy to install it. Total cost was about $150.00. I was never going to install that $1,000 equipment.

If you interested in buying one from Ebay, research a bit like the mobile frequencies of your main area and mobile towers in your area. Mine is 850mhz, so ordered this:http://www.ebay.com/itm/151763492275?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Cheers,

Ahh, OK, I did look into them very very briefly and found units priced around a grand.I suppose if you were only having reception issues at home it might make sense.

Can you confirm something for me - there's no reason you can't take a Spark-purchased 920i and flash Vodafone or 2Degrees firmware via Odin (or any other permutation of this scenario) right? All providers are using the same handset variant with carrier-specific firmware, and flashing factory ROMs via Odin doesn't trip Knox from memory either?

Can you confirm something for me - there's no reason you can't take a Spark-purchased 920i and flash Vodafone or 2Degrees firmware via Odin (or any other permutation of this scenario) right? All providers are using the same handset variant with carrier-specific firmware, and flashing factory ROMs via Odin doesn't trip Knox from memory either?

Shouldn't be a problem. I'm running a standard S6 but flashed with an Edge firmware, works fine. Factory ROM shouldn't trip knox

Can you confirm something for me - there's no reason you can't take a Spark-purchased 920i and flash Vodafone or 2Degrees firmware via Odin (or any other permutation of this scenario) right? All providers are using the same handset variant with carrier-specific firmware, and flashing factory ROMs via Odin doesn't trip Knox from memory either?

Be sure to factory reset after flashing if you want OTA updates. The CSC customisations are only applied if a factory reset is performed, and OTAs will not be delivered if the CSC doesn't match the reset of the software.

Here's hoping it includes the ability to turn off smart manager notifications, I like the battery optimization as it nearly double's my battery life but I don't want to be told about it every day!!Pete